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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

On this week's podcast, Joni, Megan and Linda chatted about the state of digital Shelter Magazines-how they are to read, the big ones vs. little, their business models and how the heck does one remember to virtually pick it up again if it's not sitting on the coffee table?? [Note: there is a great business idea in there for some enterprising person...]

Ironically, while chatting about new media and technology, we had several technological problems of our own. First Joni crashed, so Megan and Linda chatted about without her. Then Joni came back on, and Linda crashed. Linda makes the recordings, so we lost much of what we recorded. So we postponed till the next night. So, this is all to say that this recording is a little more disjointed than others because we couldn't remember what we'd previously discussed. We also found it harder to maintain focus on the conversation thread without the magazines in our hands-which we thought was telling.

Also, just in time for the holidays, we're very excited that Skirted Roundtable sponsor One King's Lane has offered a $200 Shopping Spree on their site to one of our listeners!!! All you have to do is visit their website (registration is free if you're not already registered) and poke around and come back here and let us know in the comments what you would buy if you win the Shopping Spree! Very simple. One lucky person will be drawn from all the comments. NOTE: Please make sure you leave your email address, or link to you blog with your contact info so we can get in touch if you are the winner!

I was not aware of all the digital shelter magazines that are now available. I will be paying them a visit. I am already a member of One Kings Lane and would love a new throw to cozy up my house for the winter.

This was such a treat to listen to. Just had to let you know that Anthology is in fact a beautiful PRINT magazine! The 16 pages you speak of were simply a teaser on their website. Judging by your positive reaction to it you will absolutely adore the full hard copy edition (124 well-edited, handsome matte pages).

Thank you so much for the link to Matchbook. We thought we'd leave the "shelter" genre to Lonny and Rue and instead plan to emphasize lifestyle (fashion, beauty, travel, culture and perhaps one interior for good measure). We also look forward to publishing smaller, dare I say "modest" monthly issues as opposed to the gargantuan bi-monthly model. I think smaller, more frequent bites will be a nice change of pace and hopefully easier to digest and savor. Thank you so very much for this wealth of feedback for budding editors like myself!

I love One Kings Way. Just last night I was wanting those lovely linen round tablecloths for me and the Irish linen placemats and napkins as gifts for friends. Wanting/wishing. I also love their offerings of old alabaster lamps as well as unique tall vintage lamps. My recent purchases came with gifts from OKW. New to your site but will be returning frequently -- great podcasts and coverage of shelter mags. Thanks!

I confess to looking forward to every single offering from Lonny and Rue, as well as Linda's e-mag and a couple of others. Can't help myself. But still wish I had it in book form to thumb through time after time when I have a few spare minutes to while away.

Today on One Kings Lane I am loving the Mascot accessories for pooches and could easily exhaust my winnings on new leashes and doggy coats for my very special Chihuahua, Carson.

Has it really been a year?? Happy Birthday to you three. You provide me with lots of entertainment when I'm at my desk working. I turn on your podcast and work away, nodding and laughing as I go. Wonderful interviews!

As for the generous giveaway... I am tempted by OKL every morning with their emails! Right now, I'd probably go for one of those adorable Steiff bears! Something to hug when I'm holiday stressed!!

Thank you for mentioning High Gloss! I really enjoyed this podcast and agree with so many of the points that you all made. We have been very cognizant of these criticisms since our inception and are working very hard to create a magazine that is different from the existing ones. High Gloss is a more of a lifestyle publication and we will focus on interiors, fashion, entertaining, and travel, providing "a guide to a well-lived life".

Joni, it's interesting that you mentioned we might focus more on Southern and Western style because that is certainly part of our focus. We definitely want to offer a print option, though you'll notice with Lonny, etc the price per issue is high at the moment. We want to keep the length of our magazine palatable since it is a digital mag and will most likely end up between 130-150 pages of really high-quality content. We have some very exciting features planned!

We can't wait to share our first issue with you in January and are honored that you mentioned High Gloss today. Thank you, ladies!

online mags are great, especially for the sheer depth and breadth of images they can offer ... but I still love to sit down and page through the paper version.

As for One Kings Lane ... just ordered the "Imagine" pillow from them (and just had a sweet personal phone call from the manufacturer updating me on delivery status) so I'd have to pick that as my fave!

Extending to you and your families a wish for a wonderful, peace filled Thanksgiving.

I have enjoyed being able to view the shops at One Kings Lane for some time, now.

Several unique items items at One Kings Lane stood out to me, on this viewing. The Footed Glass Chocolate Truffle Stand - vintage, clear and a rectangle beauty. I do like clear glass. The Tufted Cashmere Throw, in Grey/Ivory classic sophistication with an air of romance. Cashmere Bedspread with Suede, Coral with its air of gracious simplicity. (lovely color blending)

The Home James collection is stunning----I only wish I had gotten there sooner! However, I spied an Irish linen tablecloth and 4 napkins in blue that would be perfect in my dining room. Pick me, please!nancymason55@gmail.com

I was fascinated by the designers providing access to one of a kind items they have found at estate sales etc. I'm sure if I won, I would seek out a unique one of a kind item.lesliescottdsign@sbcglobal.net

Hi Ladies: A couple of points to add to your discussion...I agree with Megan - I love mags and love holding and reading them...how will I know when to look at a digital mag??? Also, I love Linda's e-zine BECAUSE it is short - I just read through Rue's second issue and OMG, it went on and on...I thought, wow, how many features are they going to do?? it was almost TOO long. The smaller issues can be read and devoured in a shorter amount of time.

As for OKL, I love Gail DeLoach's pillows - gorgeous...and the Three Designing Women stationary (the one on the top of the page matches my blog colors!) - thanks for the giveaway!

I do miss magazines like Domino and I haven't been able to throw any of them away. But, I also love Lonny and Rue and adore Surroudings (I've been a film buff all my life and I'm often inspired by set design)... I think there's room for both and I'm looking forward to checking out the other online magazines since I'm about to start redecorating my little in-law apartment.

I have a love for all things cashmere and a new cashmere throw or even cashmere travel socks would be delightful!

Thanks for the ideas and keep them coming! The internet can be a great thing!

Right now I am loving all of the antiques and vintage finds from Suzan Fellman and David Desmond, but this time of year, when the weather outside is frightful, I would love to curl up with one of OKLs cashmere throws!

I love One King's Lane. If I were picking from their offerings today, it would be some fun personalized labels with photos on them from Erin Condren. But, reality is, I am positive I would hold onto the certificate and find something at one of the next Tastemaker sale. They inevitably have something that I would love to have, especially some great pillows!

I just realised that I didn't include what I would love to buy if I was lucky enough to win! The Petit Coterie Merry Christmas Santa Pillow looks so gorgeous! Not sure if I can enter being from Australia but it would be lovely.

To me the most lovely part of OKL (which I have stalked since it's inception) is the relatively recent addition of their Tastemaker Tag Sales.

What design aficionado hasn't trawled through a luscious design book (being newlyweds in new york, my husband calls these books my "real estate porn"), dreaming of the day we too can have our pick of a range of antiques and beautiful hand curated items from a top interior designer? OKL allows us to realize this and all at a click away.

I loved reading about how Charlotte Moss has in her home pieces from some of her decorating idols, like Madeleine Castaing. Rather than having to go to an auction at Sotheby's, OKL makes hand picked pieces from our favorite design stars easily accessible to a design do-it-yourself-er, and gives us a story we will have for years to come (hopefully when we are writing our own design books...:)

My dream item for this reason would certainly be from a Tastemaker Tag Sale. I would have to say my weakness is for good lighting - good lighting absolutely makes a small space and makes everyone look gorgeous. I would use the voucher towards something with a patina - I love the sculptural brass empire lamps in the S.Fellman&D.Desmond Sale, and the antique brass sconces from Rela Gleason's current sale - the unexpected pink shades are divine - but there are droolworthy lighting options in every tag sale! I can already see them, mounted on either side of my fireplace, glinting off my collection of hotel silver, lighting up my apartment so it looks warm and cozy through the windows on a cold winters new york city night.

I love OKL. One time, they had Julia Gray and I was too late to buy anything. If I won the shopping spree I would hold on until some furniture or antiques showed up for sale. I just love how they have a little bit of everything.

I love the variety at One Kings Lane. If I had to narrow down my choices, I would choose either the Kevin O'Brien Linen Pillows or the MicroCotton Bath Set in Moss. I am getting married in March, and we have to fill a house...

Since it is near Christmas, I might use part of the money to get the 4-Volume Children's Classics book set for my sister who is studying Children's Literature.

I think I would get holiday decor items, like the sack pillows , or tree box. maybe one of the throws. No, for sure the lillies on the blue and white vase. All of its so pretty. Thanks for an amazing give away. Mary Caseycaseym@stpiusx-pdx.org

I'll take the Dranfield & Ross Nailhead Lizard Table in Gunmetal please!. And I love all the new digital magazines, but they will never be the same as printed magazines. Kind of how I feel about my Kindle. I aways need to buy the books I truly love in hardcover.

I'm with you. I've got to really be struck by the images or the text to "digitally" go back and revisit. I do love to have magazine in hand. It's like good stationery--there's something that the computer just can't quite capture. Oh, and by the way, at OKL, I'd have to select some of the fine stationery and a sterling frame!

I would get the micro cotton three piece bath set by home environment. I am stalking the towels on OKL, anyway. I enjoy the podcasts, and have saved many of them on my computer. Thanks. email starts after this:jrjinaustin at grandecom dot net

I would love the Khmer speckled green vase from the current tag sale because it would be a fabulous addition to my collection that includes small vases from around the world,including celadon from Korea, small dark pots from Greece and Egypt, and dark green leaf decoupage from ?

Great post on an interesting subject! I will not be giving up my print magazines for digital for all the reasons you all mentioned. I don't want to spend any more time, sitting in front of my computer, than I already do! I want to curl up with the magazines and, I want to take them in the car, to the beach, rip out pages for inspiration, refer back to travel and food articles etc. I love seeing my HB,AD,CL,ED, all lying on my coffee table just waiting for me to pick them up and start in where I left off from the night before! OKL- Anything from any of the Tastemakers! I recently purchased some Barbara Cosgrove lamps that I love!Thanks again,Cindy

Love, love the Gossip Throw in Charcoal, and maybe a Sandalwood & Neroli Candle for my bedroom. I'm a nut for scents and sumptuous bed linens. What wonderful gifts at this site. Thanks for the referral! Jeneice at jambera_1@yahoo.com.

Hey Joni, Megan, and Linda - what a fab giveaway, and to one of my FAVORITE places, too! It's so hard to pick just one thing, two things, heck even three from One Kings Lane, but I guess if I HAD to, (and I assume I do), I'd put it toward one of those gorgeous mohair travel blankets! mmmmm, cozy! :) Thanks for the opportunity. Fingers crossed!

I love so many things in the Tastemaker Tag Sale of Martha Angus, including the "Lavender and Blue Chair" painting. Also, the Room for Children book in the Gifts We Love section.http://www.debuttheblog.blogspot.com/

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